Liver Abscess Due to Dropped Appendicolith after Laparoscopic Appendectomy
The lifetime risk of appendicitis is 6 to 7 % [1]. When appendicitis is clinically suspected, an appendicolith can be found in 30% of the patients [2]. An appendicolith may be retained post-operatively (‘dropped appendicolith’) due to previous perforation, non-recognition during surgery or the impos...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Ubiquity Press
2015-12-01
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| Series: | Journal of the Belgian Society of Radiology |
| Online Access: | https://www.jbsr.be/articles/935 |